Hawkeye Reporter

Gov. Kim Reynolds spoke with President Donald Trump on April 16, discussing his plans to provide guidance to state representatives in an effort to reopen the country economically.   

“They are a partner,” Reynolds said according to The Gazette. “They are standing alongside of us. If there’s anything that we need to ramp it up and get our state’s economy moving again, they stand ready and willing.”

Reynolds is looking at May to be the start of opening the state and is working with her economic recovery task force to gather and offer data to guide the efforts. Reynolds said that she doesn't want to open up just to shut back down so they will have to be smart in the implementations, according to The Gazette.

“Testing will be critical I think moving forward and it will allow me to really drill down to a specific area and really allow me — like the Northwest corner and the Southwest corner, basically half the state is really at a good place to start dialing thing back up,” Reynolds said, according to The Gazette.

She said there was information given during the teleconference with Trump and she will share her findings at a later date when there is a more clear plan. 

“[Trump] walked through the guidelines and opening America back up again,” Reynolds said, according to The Gazette. “He kind of walked through broadly some of the recommendations that the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and his team have put together. He just said this is a partnership. It’s up to the governors to actually pull the trigger and do what they need to do but these are some guidelines that they can utilize.”